Identifying the seeds of heterotic pools for Southern and Eastern Africa from global elite spring wheat germplasm.

ABSTRACT: Hybrid breeding can increase the competitiveness of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in Sub-Saharan Africa by fostering more public-private partnerships and promoting investment by the private sector. The benefit of hybrid wheat cultivars in South Africa has previously been demonstrated but due to the high cost of hybrid seed production, hybrid breeding has not received significant attention in the past decade. Considering the renewed commitment of the private sector to establish wheat as a hybrid crop globally, coupled with significant research investment into enhancement of outcrossing of wheat, hybrid wheat breeding in Southern and Eastern Africa should be revisited. Our study aimed to identify genetically distinct germplasm groups in spring wheat that would be useful in the establis

SUBMITTER: John-Bejai C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11236601 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature